Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

The proposed solution for net zero targets and progress aims to improve transparency and accountability, but will need to consider existing guidance. The Recognition and Accountability Framework for non-state actors and a draft implementation plan were unveiled at Bonn by UN Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Finance climate action Financing climate action can take many forms, such as green bonds or sustainability-linked loans.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A new report sets out a strategy for achieving net zero concrete and cement. The sector currently generates 8% of global CO2 emissions: more than aviation and shipping combined. The challenge of increasing emissions is becoming more urgent as production of concrete and cement is increasing to meet global needs.

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3BL Media

APRIL 3, 2022

As the lynchpin of the global economy, financial institutions not only carry a responsibility to help mitigate climate change, they are also vulnerable to its financial risks. The SEC has recently recognized this in their proposed rule requiring financial institutions to report on climate risk in financial terms.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

C. Climate-focused stewardship has rocketed up the agenda for investors in recent years, as asset owners and managers look to align their portfolios with a 1.5°C

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Investors and companies to call on goverments to implement a clear set of policy asks including mandating climate disclosure, phasing out fossil fuels, and delivering an equitable and just transition. the world is not on track to meet its climate goals. The latest National Climate Assessment found the U.S.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2024

Originally published on about.bnef.com BloombergNEF (BNEF) announced the winners of its 2024 Pioneers award, recognizing 11 early-stage companies working to introduce technologies and products that will accelerate global decarbonization and halt climate change.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Government responses could accelerate or delay the global transition to net zero emissions, according to Joe Noss, Senior Director at the WTW Climate and Resilience Hub. Unfortunately, solving the problem of climate change is more complex than taking a blue or red pill. The last six months.

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3BL Media

JUNE 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Two weeks ago, global business and political leaders met at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss geopolitical and environmental challenges. The need to move towards a net-zero economy, regenerative businesses, and an inclusive global economy were the key topics on the agenda.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2022

Financial firms have pledged that more than US$130 trillion of assets will be net-zero by 2050. And 130 countries have also promised to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, including all the G7 countries and South Africa. What is the right speed?

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 11, 2022

Net-zero commitments exploded last year, with the number of companies making them doubling. Race to Zero, part of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, estimated that net-zero commitments covered about 68 percent of the global economy in 2021, compared to just 16 percent in 2019, a more than fourfold increase.…

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3BL Media

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Forum will bring together leaders across the private and public sectors to recognize progress made on transition finance and accelerate further action in support of a global net-zero economic transition. The event will be held from 3:30pm ET at The Plaza Hotel in New York City.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Originally posted on GFANZ on September 19, 2023 The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Secretariat today launched a consultation on its work to further refine the definitions of its transition finance strategies and support financial institutions to forecast the impact of these strategies on reducing emissions.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. We need to cut greenhouse emissions rapidly in this decade to avoid the catastrophic and unpredictable effects of climate change. Both types of projects are essential for humanity to achieve a net-zero future.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The new commitment follows the establishment last year by CalSTRS of a target to achieve a net zero emissions portfolio by 2050, and forms part of its newly implemented “total fund plan,” which recognizes that “climate change presents material risks to all sectors of the global economy and all asset classes.”.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The organizations’ key functions include defining and promoting best practice in emissions reductions and net-zero targets in line with climate science, providing technical assistance to companies who set science-based targets, and providing companies with independent assessment and validation of their emissions reduction targets.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

announced the launch of its new Sustainable Investments 2030 Strategy, aimed at accelerating its transition to a net zero emissions portfolio, and including a new pledge to invest $100 billion in climate solutions by 2030.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

food sector have disclosed their climate transition strategies nor concrete actions to achieve them, despite increasing investor pressures and the growing threats of climate change. The Investor Guide to Climate Transition Plans in the U.S. None have published a climate transition plan.

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ESG Today

MAY 31, 2023

A group of nearly 300 financial institutions representing almost $29 trillion in assets are urging some of the world’s highest impact companies, including Exxon, Chevron and Caterpillar, to disclose environmental data on themes including climate change, water and forests, through the CDP environmental disclosure platform.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Razan Al Mubarak, the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 said: “In the race to tackle climate change, nature is our strongest ally. Businesses and financial institutions have a vital role to play in delivering a nature-positive and net-zero economy.” Matic, Ph.D.,

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The Glasgow Climate Pact made clear that the days of coal and fossil fuels are numbered, that carbon markets are here to stay, and that deforestation must come to an end. And as we head into 2022, climate change must be a top priority for companies around the world. degrees C-aligned science-based emission reduction targets.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2024

In a letter from the organization to ING Group Chair Steven van Rijswijk, Friends of the Earth argued that under Dutch law, companies have a “duty of care” obligation to not create dangers that can cause avoidable damage to people or property, which it says applies to climate change. We will of course respond in court if necessary.”

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

With more than one quarter of the global economy committed to achieving net-zero emissions over the coming decades, it follows that the shipping sector will be under increased pressure from governments and private players to clean up its act. It is also working to introduce net-zero emissions ships in U.K.

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ESG Today

APRIL 13, 2023

ESG ratings, data, and research provider Morningstar Sustainalytics announced today the launch of its Low Carbon Transition Ratings, aimed at providing investors with an assessment of a company’s alignment with a net zero pathway, based on an evaluation of its strategy and actions as well as scenario analysis.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

UK-based bank Barclays will no longer directly finance new oil and gas projects, and will require its energy sector clients to produce transition plans or decarbonization strategies by the beginning of next year, according to a new “Climate Change Statement” released by the bank.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

climate action and investments, as public and private sector leaders raise their ambition, deliver on commitments, implement policies to capitalize on the opportunities in the necessary transition to a zero emissions future, and ensure public finance to support adaptation and resilience for developing nations.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. We have only until 2030 to get things on track for a net-zero and nature-positive economy — this should sharpen our minds for action.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance’s Jake Barnett and Patrick Peura make the case for complementary forms of stewardship to drive systemic change. One of the most important tools to support this change is engagement, whereby investors use their leverage as stewards of capital to influence change.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

CPP Investments said that Manley’s responsibilities in his new role will include leading the “further refinement and execution of a roadmap for CPP Investments to prudently navigate the global economy’s transition to address climate change.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has called on governments to swiftly implement and intensify climate-related policy that facilitates capital flow towards the net zero transition. The Alliance uses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5°C trillion in AUM, up from US$7.1

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Amidst the escalating impacts and threats of climate change, heads of state, negotiators, climate scientists, activists and business leaders prepare to meet for COP27, taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The consequences of inaction are already being felt globally, with the world’s vulnerable most severely impacted. .

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company’s sustainability-focused platform McKinsey Sustainability and Moody’s financial intelligence and analytical tools unit Moody’s Analytics announced today the launch of a suite of solutions aimed at helping banks identify, measure, and act on climate change-related risks and opportunities.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has launched the Net Zero Standard for Diversified Mining to provide its signatories and investors with a “transparent, systematic, and evidence-backed” engagement tool.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Unfortunately, most companies and their auditors continue to fall short in demonstrating how they have considered the financial impacts of material climate-related risks – even their own emissions targets. C pathway, while 29% have announced coal fleet retirement, albeit too late to align with the 1.5°C

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

These efforts are part of companies’ efforts to measure and reduce their contributions to climate change. This service offers customers a simple and transparent way to offset carbon emissions and take tangible climate action by supporting one of the United Nations’ climate action projects.

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3BL Media

MARCH 17, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Carbon emissions have, in the years following the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement (2015), been established as the predominant issue in corporate sustainability discourse and strategy. One recent study found that net zero commitments now cover at least 68% of the global economy.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. trillion USD. .

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